Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Adolescents engage cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally with smartphones. Growing evidence suggests they struggle to interact with them in moderation, which has been framed in relation to behavioral addiction as problematic mobile phone use. This study contextualized 13-15 year-old adolescents...
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| description | Adolescents engage cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally with smartphones. Growing evidence suggests they struggle to interact with them in moderation, which has been framed in relation to behavioral addiction as problematic mobile phone use. This study contextualized 13-15 year-old adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use. Focus groups were conducted with 11 adolescents who assessed themselves using the problematic use of mobile phones scale. The authors used interpretative phenomenological epistemology as a guiding framework. Audio recordings were analyzed qualitatively using a constant comparison approach. Students agreed or strongly agreed with multiple dimensions of the problematic mobile phone use construct. Four major themes emerged in relation to circumstances, factors, processes, constraints, and opportunities: drivers of excessive smartphone use, with family or friends, barriers to healthier smartphone use, and nighttime habits. Adolescents’ assessment of perceived proper versus problematic mobile phone can inform hypotheses targeted at improving overall wellness and developing healthy habits in adolescence that carry over into young adulthood and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a836deea61aa4d86b915acc87081ef6c2024-04-17T00:00:01ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022021-08-011076765Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Andrew Karnaze0Douglas McHugh1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4815-4503Traci Marquis-Eydman2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3905-990XKatherine Grevelding3Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, 06473, USAFrank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, 06473, USAFrank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, 06473, USASchool of Health Sciences, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, 06473, USAAdolescents engage cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally with smartphones. Growing evidence suggests they struggle to interact with them in moderation, which has been framed in relation to behavioral addiction as problematic mobile phone use. This study contextualized 13-15 year-old adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use. Focus groups were conducted with 11 adolescents who assessed themselves using the problematic use of mobile phones scale. The authors used interpretative phenomenological epistemology as a guiding framework. Audio recordings were analyzed qualitatively using a constant comparison approach. Students agreed or strongly agreed with multiple dimensions of the problematic mobile phone use construct. Four major themes emerged in relation to circumstances, factors, processes, constraints, and opportunities: drivers of excessive smartphone use, with family or friends, barriers to healthier smartphone use, and nighttime habits. Adolescents’ assessment of perceived proper versus problematic mobile phone can inform hypotheses targeted at improving overall wellness and developing healthy habits in adolescence that carry over into young adulthood and beyond.https://f1000research.com/articles/10-237/v2Public Health Health Behavior Adolescents Problematic Smartphone Use Mobile Phones Cell Phoneseng |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Karnaze Douglas McHugh Traci Marquis-Eydman Katherine Grevelding Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] F1000Research Public Health Health Behavior Adolescents Problematic Smartphone Use Mobile Phones Cell Phones eng |
| title | Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Contextualizing adolescents’ self-awareness of problematic mobile phone use: a preliminary study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | contextualizing adolescents self awareness of problematic mobile phone use a preliminary study version 2 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | Public Health Health Behavior Adolescents Problematic Smartphone Use Mobile Phones Cell Phones eng |
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